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  • 2018 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Saffa Riffat is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Engineering and Energy. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Building and Construction, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum, with particular focus on areas such as Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Adsorption and Cooling Systems, Phase Change Materials Research, Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, and Solar Energy Systems and Technologies.

Recent papers authored by or involving Saffa Riffat include:

  • Applications of radiative sky cooling in solar energy systems: Progress, challenges, and prospects, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Comprehensive energy, economic and thermal comfort assessments for the passive energy retrofit of historical buildings - A case study of a late nineteenth-century Victorian house renovation in the UK, 2020, Energy
  • Definition of a new morphological parameter to improve prediction of urban heat island, 2020, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • A simulation study on performance improvement of solar assisted heat pump hot water system by novel controllable crystallization of supercooled PCMs, 2020, Renewable Energy
  • Energy performance of photovoltaic (PV) windows under typical climates of China in terms of transmittance and orientation, 2020, Energy

Frequent co-authors working alongside Saffa Riffat include Yuehong Su, Mingke Hu, Çağrı Kutlu, Hasila Jarimi, and Qiliang Wang.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in several key academic journals such as Energy, International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Future Cities and Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Renewable Energy. These outlets reflect the thematic focus of their research on energy systems, sustainability, urban environmental issues, and technological innovations in renewable energy.

In addition to journal publications, Saffa Riffat has authored a book titled Sustainable Energy Technologies and Low Carbon Buildings, published by Springer International Publishing in 2024.

Their contributions to the scientific community have been recognized through awards, including the honor of becoming a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Thermoelectrics: a review of present and potential applications

    S.B Riffat;Xiaoli Ma

  • A comprehensive review of Pt electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: Nanostructure, activity, mechanism and carbon support in PEM fuel cells

    Sheng Sui;Sheng Sui;Xiaoying Wang;Xintong Zhou;Yuehong Su

  • Toward aerogel based thermal superinsulation in buildings: A comprehensive review

    Erdem Cuce;Pinar Mert Cuce;Christopher J. Wood;Saffa B. Riffat

  • The latest advancements on thermochemical heat storage systems

    Devrim Aydin;Sean P. Casey;Saffa Riffat

  • Review of passive solar heating and cooling technologies

    Hoy Yen Chan;Saffa B. Riffat;Jie Zhu

  • Development of small-scale and micro-scale biomass-fuelled CHP systems – A literature review

    Leilei Dong;Hao Liu;Saffa Riffat

  • A review on wind driven ventilation techniques

    Naghman Khan;Yuehong Su;Saffa B. Riffat

  • Opportunities for solar water desalination worldwide: Review

    Mahmoud Shatat;Mark Worall;Saffa Riffat

  • Expanders for micro-CHP systems with organic Rankine cycle

    Guoquan Qiu;Hao Liu;Saffa Riffat

  • A state-of-the-art review on innovative glazing technologies

    Erdem Cuce;Saffa B. Riffat

  • Review on heat recovery technologies for building applications

    A. Mardiana-Idayu;A. Mardiana-Idayu;S.B. Riffat

  • Water desalination technologies utilizing conventional and renewable energy sources

    Mahmoud Shatat;Saffa B. Riffat

  • Fuel cell technology for domestic built environment applications: State of-the-art review

    Theo Elmer;Mark Worall;Shenyi Wu;Saffa B. Riffat

  • Experimental investigation of a biomass-fired ORC-based micro-CHP for domestic applications

    Guoquan Qiu;Yingjuan Shao;Jinxing Li;Hao Liu

  • Comparative study of the performance of the M-cycle counter-flow and cross-flow heat exchangers for indirect evaporative cooling – Paving the path toward sustainable cooling of buildings

    Changhong Zhan;Changhong Zhan;Zhiyin Duan;Xudong Zhao;Stefan Smith

  • Improving the coefficient of performance of thermoelectric cooling systems: a review

    S. B. Riffat;Xiaoli Ma

  • Tri-generation systems: Energy policies, prime movers, cooling technologies, configurations and operation strategies

    M. Jradi;S. Riffat

  • Numerical study of a novel counter-flow heat and mass exchanger for dew point evaporative cooling.

    X. Zhao;J.M. Li;S.B. Riffat

  • Recent developments in ejector refrigeration technologies

    Xiangjie Chen;Siddig Omer;Mark Worall;Saffa Riffat

  • Solar assisted heat pump systems for low temperature water heating applications: A systematic review

    Mahmut Sami Buker;Saffa B. Riffat

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuehong Su
Yuehong Su University of Nottingham
Guohui Gan
Guohui Gan University of Nottingham
Xudong Zhao
Xudong Zhao University of Hull
Xiaoli Ma
Xiaoli Ma Georgia Institute of Technology
Gang Pei
Gang Pei University of Science and Technology of China
Erdem Cuce
Erdem Cuce Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Hao Liu
Hao Liu University of Nottingham
Jie Ji
Jie Ji University of Science and Technology of China
Armando C. Oliveira
Armando C. Oliveira University of Porto
Xingxing Zhang
Xingxing Zhang Dalarna University

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